I was very encouraged by Judge (retired) Quentin Kopp’s article about renaming San Francisco schools [“Recall, Rescind, and Recapitulate in San Francisco,” published April 7 in the Northwest edition]. The San Francisco School Board had decided to strip public schools of the names of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Muir, Father Serra, Paul Revere, Francis Scott Key, and Dianne Feinstein. While I understand that some have concerns about the two slaveholders on the list, they were still founding fathers of our country and in personal writings expressed reservations about the institution. Re: Jefferson, Monticello.org states, ”He believed that slavery presented the greatest threat to the survival of the new American nation. He thought that slavery was contrary to the laws of nature, which decreed that everyone had a right to personal liberty These views were radical in a world where unfree labor was the norm.” I regret that he did …